General Introduction and From the Creation to the Flood
written by Tabari, 0838-0923; edited by Ehsan Yar-Shater, fl. 1996, in The History of al-Tabari, Vol. 1 (Albany, NY: State University of New York, 1989), 436 page(s)
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- Abstract / Summary
- Volume I of the thirty-eight volume translation of Tabari's great History begins with the creation of the world and ends with the time of Noah and the Flood. It not only brings a vast amount of speculation about the early history of mankind into sharp Muslim focus, but it also synchronizes ancient Iranian ideas about the prehistory of mankind with those inspired by the Qur'an and the Bible. The volume is thus an excellent guide to the cosmological views of many of Tabari's contemporaries. The translator, Franz Rosenthal, one of the world's foremost scholars of Arabic, has also written an extensive introduction to the volume that presents all the facts known about Tabari's personal and professional life. Professor Rosenthal's meticulous and original scholarship has yielded a valuable bibliography and chronology of Tabari's writings, both those preserved in manuscript and those alluded to by other authors. The introduction and first volume of the translation of the History form a ground-breaking contribution to Islamic historiography in English and will prove to be an invaluable source of information for those who are interested in Middle Eastern history but are unable to read the basic works in Arabic.
- Field of Interest
- Religion & Thought
- Author
- Tabari, 0838-0923
- Copyright Message
- Copyright © 1989 SUNY Press
- Content Type
- General reference book
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- Format
- Text
- Page Count
- 436
- Publication Year
- 1989
- Publisher
- State University of New York
- Place Published / Released
- Albany, NY
- Series Number
- Vol. 1
- Subject
- Religion & Thought, Social Sciences, Creation, Community, Création, الخلق, Khalq, Kreierung, Schöpfung, בְּרִיאָה, Criação, Creación, المجتمع, Umma, Jama'a, Communauté, Gemeinde, קְהִלָה, Comunidade, Comunidad, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Creation, Christianity, Muhammad, the Prophet, Islam
- Translator
- Franz Rosenthal, 1914-2003
- Series / Program
- The History of al-Tabari
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- Création, الخلق, Khalq, Kreierung, Schöpfung, בְּרִיאָה, Criação, Creación, المجتمع, Umma, Jama'a, Communauté, Gemeinde, קְהִלָה, Comunidade, Comunidad
